UBCV
February 7, 2026, 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm
Full Vancouver Institute Program
New Time: Saturdays at 7:15 p.m.
Location: Hall #2, P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Point Grey Campus, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Admission: Free – No registration required. Lectures are delivered in person only (not live-streamed)
Building Access: After-hours entrances to the P.A. Woodward building are marked on this map.
Parking: Accessible parking is available at the Health Sciences Parkade, 2250 Health Sciences Mall.
Please note: The ticket machine is located at the south entrance of the parkade. There is no ticket machine at the north entrance.
This event is in person, and it will not be live-streamed. The recording will be posted at a later date here: https://archives.library.ubc.ca/lists/vancouver-institute-lectures/
| Date | Speaker | Lecture Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31 | Dr. Kimberley Brownlee | Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy, UBC | Re-Imagining Reproductive Rights |
| Feb 7 | Dr. Taylor Owen | Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communication Founding Director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, McGill University | Can Democracy Survive AI? |
| Feb 21 | Dr. Jeremy G. Venditti | Director of Environmental Science and Professor School of Environmental Science & Geography, Simon Fraser University (SFU) | River in Peril: The Fragility of the Mighty Fraser River |
| Feb 28 | Dr. Sara J. Angel, C.M. | Founder, Executive Director and Publisher, Art Canada Institute (ACI) | The Secret Life of Max Stern and His Nazi Looted Art |
| Mar 7 | UBC Opera Ensemble, led by Nancy Hermiston | This event will be held in the UBC Old Auditorium | UBC Opera Ensemble |
| Mar 14 | Dr. Chunhua Wu | Associate Professor & Finning Junior Professorship in Marketing. Division Chair, Marketing and Behavioural Science, UBC Sauder School of Business | Generative AI in the Marketplace: Applications, Trends, and Impact |
| Mar 21 | Dr. Catherine Potvin | Canada Research Chair in Climate Change Mitigation and Tropical Forest (Tier 1), Department of Biology, McGill University | Climate Change and Climate Policy: A Canadian Forest Ecologists Perspective |
| Mar 28 | Dr. Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva | Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia | Reasoning or Day-Dreaming? The Many Ways We Think |
| Apr 11 | Mr. Andrew Coyne | Canadian author, journalist and political commentator | The Crisis of Canadian Democracy |
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